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Definition of voluminous in English: voluminousadjective vəˈljuːmɪnəsvəˈl(j)umənəs 1(of clothes) very loose or full; having much fabric. a voluminous purple cloak Example sentencesExamples - I could not imagine how she had fit in there with such a voluminous dress.
- She was stumbling down the side of the road towards him, dressed in something quite voluminous.
- His companion scurried to obey him, unclipping a ring of heavy keys from somewhere inside his voluminous robes.
- But in the nineteenth century women were difficult to save: their voluminous clothing was a dead weight in water, and modesty usually prevented their shedding their apparel, even when in danger of drowning.
- A servant in voluminous green robes ducked her head in an abbreviated bow and gestured them into the house.
- You couldn't tell what they were like, for they were draped in voluminous layers of fabric-bright pinks and dark blues.
- Her sleeves were puffed at her shoulders, then tapered to a shimmering fabric that exactly fit the curve of Violet's arms and the skirt, intricately stitched with vines, fell in voluminous folds from her waist.
- Her back is to us as she faces a cardinal with voluminous robes and a malevolent expression.
- The other kept herself hidden in a voluminous cloak that rippled despite the lack of wind.
- Well, the Elizabethans wore voluminous clothing, and an item or two less should not offend even the most prudish, we suppose.
- Though the voluminous skirts of yesteryear were out of fashion, a slight bloom of the skirts was acceptable if not encouraged.
- She pulled her knees up to her chest and hugged her legs through the voluminous fabric of her skirts, closing her eyes and feeling resentment build.
- Men often dressed in baggy black pants and colorful, wide-brimmed hats, while women wore voluminous black dresses, colorfully embroidered bodices, and lace bonnets.
- I matched his pace, though the voluminous skirts made it difficult.
- Across the street, young girls stared transfixed at the voluminous white dresses in the bridal-shop windows.
- She put her own book beside her in the chair and pulled her feet underneath her, wrapping the voluminous robe a little tighter.
- Some Hawaiian women wear the muumuu, a voluminous dress originally designed by modest missionaries for Hawaiian women.
Synonyms capacious, commodious, roomy, spacious, ample, full, big, large, sizeable, immense, vast, generous billowing, baggy, loose-fitting, boyfriend rare spacey - 1.1 (of a piece of furniture) large and accommodating.
he sank into a voluminous armchair Example sentencesExamples - I mean voluminous, fully-upholstered armchairs, so substantial they could almost double as a suite in their own right.
2(of writing) very lengthy and detailed. （作品）冗长的，大部头的，浩繁的 we all scribbled down voluminous notes Example sentencesExamples - Even his opponents continually referred to him as an eminent and brilliant legal scholar, but I certainly didn't find anything in his voluminous writings that could possibly justify such praise.
- That key person needs to listen intently, take voluminous notes, and collect all class handouts, texts, and tests.
- Another selection we need is, I think, a volume of her work which includes generous extracts from both her three books of prose and her voluminous correspondence.
- His voluminous writings, which call for a ‘law based on morality’, are little more than a long argument to justify controlling other people's lives.
- Verbatim notetakers can get by thinking I'll figure out what this means later, but later, you've got those horrendously voluminous notes to deal with.
- The text is eminently readable and supported by detailed citations and a voluminous index.
- His voluminous writings on biblical criticism show him to have been the first liberal textual critic.
- An invariable theme at prayer meetings and in Gandhi's voluminous writings was the urgency to bring devotion in accord with conduct.
- Despite a voluminous outpouring of books and journal articles, historians are in some senses only beginning to catch up to certain facets of America's Civil War.
- One theme treated several times in his voluminous writings was whether laymen and women should be allowed to dance in churchyards on feast days.
- It also quotes extensively from his voluminous war notes - letters, journals, and personal reminiscences written during and shortly after the war.
- It didn't prevent him from giving voluminous notes on their performance every night or changing a thing or two, however.
- Hospital case notes are more voluminous than traditional British general practice paper records, which are normally maintained on small cards, named after the politician who introduced them more than 90 years ago.
- On the eve of his departure in January, 1795, he mustered the strength for one last voluminous report on government finance and outlined an ambitious future course.
- This, and the voluminous correspondence that passed between the parties, demonstrated that it has more than adequately filled its statutory duties.
- The letter to Gevaerts cited above exemplifies the tenor of his voluminous correspondence, which is filled with references to an encyclopedic body of ancient texts.
- Five years older than Voltaire, he died in 1755, leaving a much less voluminous body of writings.
- ‘My father was a source of knowledge missing from voluminous books,’ the son says.
- His voluminous writings became scripture defining the party line and the correct view of history.
- Inevitably, a selection of subjects from Augustine's voluminous writings reflects the particular interests and views of the author.
- 2.1 (of a writer) producing many books.
（作家）多产的 Example sentencesExamples - The chapter on his grandfather is a delight; he was a Church of Ireland canon, who believed not only in a God of love but a God of anger and was also a regular correspondent to the Irish Times, and a voluminous diarist.
- Epicurus was a voluminous writer, but almost none of his own work survives.
- He was a voluminous letter writer and his letters are just the most splendid letters.
- I'd gone from a writer like Lowell who was voluminous in his personal testimony to a writer about whom nothing at all was known.
Derivativesadverb He wrote voluminously on philosophy, logic, education, economics, and politics, and throughout his life was the champion of advanced political and social causes. Example sentencesExamples - He wrote voluminously on the subject and founded workshops to produce objects for domestic interiors.
- Never from closer than 6 feet away, each one snaps his head forward and - powerfully and voluminously - spits into the courtyard, rounding off initial releases with two or three supplementaries.
- The newspapers which so voluminously reported parliamentary and out-of-doors speeches provided cheap, swift dissemination of political information.
- Impressed by the novelty of the sights they witnessed, reporters wrote voluminously about the merits of the corporation, and articles appeared in many widely circulated periodicals.
noun Some thought it lacked the concentrated compactness of the other two, while others found insights in its voluminousness. Example sentencesExamples - However, both trends have uncovered a variety of hindrances that obstruct communication and transfer of knowledge, such as voluminousness, superficiality and special terminology.
- Some readers, however, may be put off by the voluminousness of his footnotes, which certainly display his enormous erudition and intellectual gregariousness, but too often interrupt the thrilling tale he tells.
- By contrast, the range, diversity and voluminousness of his scholarly output is truly impressive.
noun -ˈnɒsɪti
OriginEarly 17th century: partly from late Latin voluminosus 'having many coils', partly from Latin volumen, volumin- (see volume). Rhymesbituminous, leguminous, luminous, numinous Definition of voluminous in US English: voluminousadjectivevəˈl(j)umənəsvəˈl(y)o͞omənəs 1(of clothing or drapery) loose and ample. （衣服，织物）宽松的，宽大的 Example sentencesExamples - She was stumbling down the side of the road towards him, dressed in something quite voluminous.
- Her back is to us as she faces a cardinal with voluminous robes and a malevolent expression.
- Men often dressed in baggy black pants and colorful, wide-brimmed hats, while women wore voluminous black dresses, colorfully embroidered bodices, and lace bonnets.
- Some Hawaiian women wear the muumuu, a voluminous dress originally designed by modest missionaries for Hawaiian women.
- You couldn't tell what they were like, for they were draped in voluminous layers of fabric-bright pinks and dark blues.
- But in the nineteenth century women were difficult to save: their voluminous clothing was a dead weight in water, and modesty usually prevented their shedding their apparel, even when in danger of drowning.
- She put her own book beside her in the chair and pulled her feet underneath her, wrapping the voluminous robe a little tighter.
- Across the street, young girls stared transfixed at the voluminous white dresses in the bridal-shop windows.
- She pulled her knees up to her chest and hugged her legs through the voluminous fabric of her skirts, closing her eyes and feeling resentment build.
- I could not imagine how she had fit in there with such a voluminous dress.
- Her sleeves were puffed at her shoulders, then tapered to a shimmering fabric that exactly fit the curve of Violet's arms and the skirt, intricately stitched with vines, fell in voluminous folds from her waist.
- Well, the Elizabethans wore voluminous clothing, and an item or two less should not offend even the most prudish, we suppose.
- A servant in voluminous green robes ducked her head in an abbreviated bow and gestured them into the house.
- His companion scurried to obey him, unclipping a ring of heavy keys from somewhere inside his voluminous robes.
- Though the voluminous skirts of yesteryear were out of fashion, a slight bloom of the skirts was acceptable if not encouraged.
- The other kept herself hidden in a voluminous cloak that rippled despite the lack of wind.
- I matched his pace, though the voluminous skirts made it difficult.
Synonyms capacious, commodious, roomy, spacious, ample, full, big, large, sizeable, immense, vast, generous 2(of writing) very lengthy and full. （作品）冗长的，大部头的，浩繁的 Example sentencesExamples - On the eve of his departure in January, 1795, he mustered the strength for one last voluminous report on government finance and outlined an ambitious future course.
- Hospital case notes are more voluminous than traditional British general practice paper records, which are normally maintained on small cards, named after the politician who introduced them more than 90 years ago.
- It didn't prevent him from giving voluminous notes on their performance every night or changing a thing or two, however.
- His voluminous writings, which call for a ‘law based on morality’, are little more than a long argument to justify controlling other people's lives.
- His voluminous writings became scripture defining the party line and the correct view of history.
- The letter to Gevaerts cited above exemplifies the tenor of his voluminous correspondence, which is filled with references to an encyclopedic body of ancient texts.
- The text is eminently readable and supported by detailed citations and a voluminous index.
- Another selection we need is, I think, a volume of her work which includes generous extracts from both her three books of prose and her voluminous correspondence.
- That key person needs to listen intently, take voluminous notes, and collect all class handouts, texts, and tests.
- Verbatim notetakers can get by thinking I'll figure out what this means later, but later, you've got those horrendously voluminous notes to deal with.
- His voluminous writings on biblical criticism show him to have been the first liberal textual critic.
- This, and the voluminous correspondence that passed between the parties, demonstrated that it has more than adequately filled its statutory duties.
- Even his opponents continually referred to him as an eminent and brilliant legal scholar, but I certainly didn't find anything in his voluminous writings that could possibly justify such praise.
- It also quotes extensively from his voluminous war notes - letters, journals, and personal reminiscences written during and shortly after the war.
- One theme treated several times in his voluminous writings was whether laymen and women should be allowed to dance in churchyards on feast days.
- An invariable theme at prayer meetings and in Gandhi's voluminous writings was the urgency to bring devotion in accord with conduct.
- Five years older than Voltaire, he died in 1755, leaving a much less voluminous body of writings.
- Inevitably, a selection of subjects from Augustine's voluminous writings reflects the particular interests and views of the author.
- Despite a voluminous outpouring of books and journal articles, historians are in some senses only beginning to catch up to certain facets of America's Civil War.
- ‘My father was a source of knowledge missing from voluminous books,’ the son says.
- 2.1 (of a writer) producing many books.
（作家）多产的 Example sentencesExamples - I'd gone from a writer like Lowell who was voluminous in his personal testimony to a writer about whom nothing at all was known.
- The chapter on his grandfather is a delight; he was a Church of Ireland canon, who believed not only in a God of love but a God of anger and was also a regular correspondent to the Irish Times, and a voluminous diarist.
- He was a voluminous letter writer and his letters are just the most splendid letters.
- Epicurus was a voluminous writer, but almost none of his own work survives.
OriginEarly 17th century: partly from late Latin voluminosus ‘having many coils’, partly from Latin volumen, volumin- (see volume). |